America Cuba International investors can now build and fully own tourism facilities: to reverse the dramatic fall in tourism, authorities have eliminated the requirement for foreign groups to form a joint venture with the Cuban state to manage their tourism activities
Europe Greece Dozens of patients from the Alexandroupolis General University Hospital were evacuated on a ferry as wild fires in the area raged unchecked for the fourth day
Asia Iraq National Data Center at the General Secretariat of the Cabinet was inaugurated by Prime Minister, a significant step in the country's digital evolution
Asia Turkey 4.630 fire-fighting basins and ponds have been built around several forest areas for rapid water supply to enable more effective intervention in case of wild fires
Europe Czech Republic According to the latest Deloitte Property Index, the Czech Republic is the second cheapest country in Europe to own a home, with an average of 13 gross annual salaries needed to buy a 70 square metre property; last year it was ranked the worst
Asia Nepal Rains are putting people on alert for water contamination and food poisoning, with doctors advising them to make sure their food and drinking water is safe before consuming it
Europe Hungary 42 new school buses run by the Rákóczi Association are coming to help children from Romanian region of Transylvania attend Hungarian schools in cooperation with the Cluj School Foundation
Asia Kyrgyzstan Reconstruction of Sharipa Isabekova Park in Chaek village, Jumgal district is planned, with the master plan completed and development of the project and cost estimates underway
America Canada Federal authorities assured no one will be left behind in wildfire zones in NWT Yellowknife and BC Kelowna, as military evacuation flights began transporting 79 long-term care home residents to Edmonton
Asia Tajikistan The new buildings for the government and parliament will start be operative in 2024; the Committee for Architecture and Construction reveals the main building of the parliamentary complex will have a height of 49.7 m and a total area of 42.874 m2
Africa Ghana Research covering a 13-year period (2006 to 2019) found that more female-led households are escaping poverty than their male counterparts in all regions of the country
Asia Georgia The Agency for Assistance to Displaced Persons, Eco-Migrants and Sources of Livelihood has started accepting applications under the State Programme of Assistance to Reintegration of Repatriated Migrants in the country
Africa Cape Verde Cabo Verde's endemic species of honey buzzard is "significantly increasing" on Ilhéu Raso and has reached more than 8.000 breeding pairs in the last five years, a census carried out by the environmental organisation Biosfera says